viridianpanda93

When is it okay to "donk bet" in PLO? Right now, I will often donk bet strong, but vulnerable hands like sets on draw heavy flops. I often donk bet the river when I hit my draw, and the opponent it likely to check back. I balance this by sometime checking my made hands and also bluffing when I have blockers (for example, A-K-J-J on 10-9-2-3-7 with no flush possible).

Please give me some tips on when I can bet against the flow of action because I often hear a lot of people disparaging these sorts of bets, and while I understand that they usually are not good, I want to make sure I use them effectively when I can.

Thanks.

I would appreciate some clarification on typical ranges for the small and big blinds. I understand the small blind will be tighter because it gets worse pot odds and has to go first. But in the case of a big blind and small blind flatting a button raise, I am wondering who has a range advantage on a board like 4h7c2s. I.e. who will have more low cards in their range?

My current line of thinking is that that flop favors the big blind purely because of the pot odds given to the BB for calling a raise, but I honestly do not know since most PLO PFRs are pot size, so the pot odds are not going to be that great.

Thanks!

So I watched Tom Chambers' video on sizing your bets based on the "wetness of the board." I devised these rough percentages for different boards. The general idea is to reduce the size of the bet when there are action killers (e.g. pair on the board or a possible flush) and to increase it for action-oriented boards. I would greatly appreciate the input of the more experienced PLO cash players. Here's what I have:

PLO Board Types Bet Sizing:

Connected rainbow: 80% pot
Connected two flush (high cards): 90-100% pot
Connected two flush (low cards): 60% pot
Connected three flush (high cards): 60% pot
Connected three flush (low cards): 50% pot
Unconnected no pairs: 60% pot
Unconnected low pair: 50% pot
Unconnected high pair: 60% pot

I do not profess that these numbers are optimal, hence I welcome criticism.

Thanks!